bureau de change

American  

[by-roh d^uh shahnzh] / bü roʊ də ˈʃɑ̃ʒ /

noun

French.

plural

bureaux de change

1. an office where money can be exchanged.

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bureau de change British  

/ ˈbjʊərəʊ də ˈʃɒnʒ /

noun

1. a place where foreign currencies can be exchanged

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Etymology

Origin of bureau de change

C20: from French, literally: office of exchange

Example Sentences

Mr Cooper, a builder, and his wife, Susan, a cashier at a bureau de change in a Thomas Cook travel agent, enjoyed several holidays a year.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

And euro adoption means visitors won't have to dice with dodgy exchange rates at a hole-in-the-wall bureau de change.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2023

It’s further complicated by the fact that there’s no bureau de change that tells you how much public health to trade for how much political equality.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2020

Documents filed by the Italian prosecutors claim that $466m of that sum was then laundered through bureau de change and passed on to the then president, Goodluck Jonathan, and members of his government.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2017

Thus we have "employment bureau," and can get English money for foreign at a "bureau de change."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)